William Smart is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Smart
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405439
Unit:
Merchant Ship Gallant
Date of Death:
1814-12-05
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Smart was a 22-year-old seaman from Virginia who served aboard the merchant ship Gallant. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Smart died of rubella on December 5, 1814. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.